Ginghamsburg Church
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Ginghamsburg Church is located in Tipp City, Ohio
, 13 miles north of Dayton, Ohio
. It hosts 4500 people of all ages on its campuses each week and is one of the 10 largest United Methodist Churches in the United States
.
celebrations weekly on two campuses as well as multiple house church
and worshipping cell communities. More than 100 weekend and weeknight learning opportunities are offered weekly for all ages across all campuses. The church features forty-plus ministries that provide both spiritual growth opportunities and mission outreach opportunities locally, nationally and globally. 2800 adults, students and children participate in cell group (small group
) communities annually.
In the late 1980s leading into the 1990s, Ginghamsburg gained national recognition as an innovator
in small group ministry. It was also an early frontrunner of cyberministry, or ministry via the Internet
, and in the late 1990s/early 2000s became known as a leader of the Church “media reformation,” or movement to incorporate video and onscreen graphics into worship services as the new “stained glass window” for the late 20th century and early 21st century church.
Since 2005, Ginghamsburg Church has invested $4.4 million into sustainable relief projects into Darfur
, Sudan
, named by the U.N. as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, through The Sudan Project. Ginghamsburg’s strategic partner in Darfur, is the United Methodist Committee on Relief, which has used the funds to implement sustainable agriculture
, child development
and protection, and safe water and sanitation
projects in Darfur, now serving more than 100,000 Darfuri people.
The ARK building on the South Campus is a practicum center for training events and is also the original Ginghamsburg Church building. The Discipleship Center, which served as the primary church building after the congregation had outgrown the ARK in the mid-1980s and until the move to the Main Campus in 1994, now houses Ginghamsburg’s New Path Outreach ministries, a 501c3 non-profit that provides food pantry, car, furniture, clothing, medical equipment, pet care and other assistance ministries to those in need in surrounding communities. The New Path car and furniture ministry barn is also located at the South Campus.
The Fort McKinley Campus became part of Ginghamsburg Church in July 2008. Prior to July 2008, Fort McKinley was a separate United Methodist congregation, located in an economically challenged urban part of Dayton, and it had dwindled to approximately 40 people in attendance weekly before voting to merge with Ginghamsburg. The church now averages 350 in weekly attendance and has an active community revitalization project known as Project Neighborhood.
New Path Outreach provides 17 separate community services within the Dayton area, including food pantry, car, furniture, clothing, medical equipment, pet care, rent/utility assistance and other assistance ministries. New Creation Counseling Center provides christian counseling
to community members, regardless of ability to pay. Clubhouse (Dreambuilders) After-School Ministry has seven Dayton-area locations where more than 400 trained teenagers each year tutor, mentor and play with children, providing safe and educational alternatives to children being home alone after school or during summer break. The Clubhouse program was awarded a Point of Light award from U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the Presidential Voluntary Action Award from U.S. President Bill Clinton.
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Tipp City, Ohio
Tipp City is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,689 at the 2010 census. Formerly known as Tippecanoe, and then Tippecanoe City, this town was renamed to Tipp City in 1938 because another town in Ohio was likewise named Tippecanoe...
, 13 miles north of Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. It hosts 4500 people of all ages on its campuses each week and is one of the 10 largest United Methodist Churches in the United States
United States
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.
Worship and ministries
Ginghamsburg offers 8 worshipWorship
Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. The word is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship — to give, at its simplest, worth to something, for example, Christian worship.Evelyn Underhill defines worship thus: "The absolute...
celebrations weekly on two campuses as well as multiple house church
House church
House church, or "home church", is used to describe an independent assembly of Christians who gather in a home. Sometimes this occurs because the group is small, and a home is the most appropriate place to gather, as in the beginning phase of the British New Church Movement...
and worshipping cell communities. More than 100 weekend and weeknight learning opportunities are offered weekly for all ages across all campuses. The church features forty-plus ministries that provide both spiritual growth opportunities and mission outreach opportunities locally, nationally and globally. 2800 adults, students and children participate in cell group (small group
Small group
Small group can mean:* In psychology, a group of 3 to 20 individuals, see communication in small groups.* In mathematics, a group of small order, see list of small groups.* In connection with churches, a cell group....
) communities annually.
History
Ginghamsburg Church was founded by a Methodist circuit rider, B.W. Day, in 1863 in the village of Ginghamsburg, Ohio. As a small church, until the 1920s it was part of a four-church circuit for a part-time preacher. From the 1920s on, students from a Dayton-based seminary served as part-time pastors for the congregation. Senior Pastor Michael (Mike) B. Slaughter was appointed to Ginghamsburg in 1979 as the first full-time pastor. At the time, the church averaged approximately 90 people in attendance. Since Mike Slaughter’s arrival, the mission of the church has been to “win the lost and set the oppressed free,” leading to the church’s exponential growth. Today, approximately 4500 people are on Ginghamsburg’s campus each week.In the late 1980s leading into the 1990s, Ginghamsburg gained national recognition as an innovator
Innovator
An innovator in a general sense, is a person or an organization who is one of the first to introduce into reality something better than before. That often opens up a new area for others and achieves an innovation.-History:...
in small group ministry. It was also an early frontrunner of cyberministry, or ministry via the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, and in the late 1990s/early 2000s became known as a leader of the Church “media reformation,” or movement to incorporate video and onscreen graphics into worship services as the new “stained glass window” for the late 20th century and early 21st century church.
Since 2005, Ginghamsburg Church has invested $4.4 million into sustainable relief projects into Darfur
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, named by the U.N. as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, through The Sudan Project. Ginghamsburg’s strategic partner in Darfur, is the United Methodist Committee on Relief, which has used the funds to implement sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment...
, child development
Child development
Child development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories....
and protection, and safe water and sanitation
Sanitation
Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes. Hazards can be either physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems are human and animal feces, solid wastes, domestic...
projects in Darfur, now serving more than 100,000 Darfuri people.
Campuses
The Main Campus building hosts the Main Worship Area, the Ginghamsburg Preschool and Childcare Center (ACSI accredited) and the church administrative offices. The Avenue youth center is also located at the Main Campus and includes a coffee shop, stage area, basketball court, fitness center and game loft. Hundreds of teens from the Dayton area visit the Avenue weekly for spiritual classes as well as teen outreach events.The ARK building on the South Campus is a practicum center for training events and is also the original Ginghamsburg Church building. The Discipleship Center, which served as the primary church building after the congregation had outgrown the ARK in the mid-1980s and until the move to the Main Campus in 1994, now houses Ginghamsburg’s New Path Outreach ministries, a 501c3 non-profit that provides food pantry, car, furniture, clothing, medical equipment, pet care and other assistance ministries to those in need in surrounding communities. The New Path car and furniture ministry barn is also located at the South Campus.
The Fort McKinley Campus became part of Ginghamsburg Church in July 2008. Prior to July 2008, Fort McKinley was a separate United Methodist congregation, located in an economically challenged urban part of Dayton, and it had dwindled to approximately 40 people in attendance weekly before voting to merge with Ginghamsburg. The church now averages 350 in weekly attendance and has an active community revitalization project known as Project Neighborhood.
501c3 Non-Profits
Ginghamsburg Church houses three 501c3 non-profit organizations founded by Ginghamsburg members.New Path Outreach provides 17 separate community services within the Dayton area, including food pantry, car, furniture, clothing, medical equipment, pet care, rent/utility assistance and other assistance ministries. New Creation Counseling Center provides christian counseling
Christian counseling
Christian counseling is counseling which draws upon psychology and Christian teaching. Efforts to combine counseling with Christian or other religious perspectives or approaches are sometimes called "integration."...
to community members, regardless of ability to pay. Clubhouse (Dreambuilders) After-School Ministry has seven Dayton-area locations where more than 400 trained teenagers each year tutor, mentor and play with children, providing safe and educational alternatives to children being home alone after school or during summer break. The Clubhouse program was awarded a Point of Light award from U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the Presidential Voluntary Action Award from U.S. President Bill Clinton.
External links
- Ginghamsburg Church website
- Mike Slaughter's blog
- The Sudan Project website
- New Creations Counseling Center website
- Dream Builders Group website
- United Methodist Church website
- United Methodist Committee on Reliefe website
- Use of Multimedia in the Church
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